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TechRadar Verdict

The Moto E is just about the cheapest smartphone y'all tin can become without wanting to immediately throw it out the window. Spend a picayune more and yous can go a lot more than but if your upkeep won't stretch above £100 and then this is a fine choice.

Pros

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Rock bottom price
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Skillful screen
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Solid battery
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microSD slot

Cons

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Terrible camera
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Depression internal storage
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Occasional slowdown
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No front camera

The Motorola Moto E seems aimed at cashing in on the success of the Moto G, a phone which combined mid-range specs with an eye-catchingly low cost tag and went on to sell by the truck-load.

The approach taken by the Moto E is much the same, except that rather than existence mid-range it'due south an entry level handset with a truly deal saucepan cost.

So information technology's non set to replace the Moto G, rather information technology's intended to bring its cut-toll charms to a whole new audience who don't want, or can't afford, to spend upwards of £100 on a telephone.

And it really is very inexpensive, coming in at just £89 (around $150, AU$160) SIM free. That's about as affordable as a smartphone gets right now and puts it roughly in line with the Nokia Lumia 520 and the Samsung Galaxy Fame.

On newspaper information technology stands up well to both those phones, thank you to a 1.2GHz dual-cadre processor and 1GB of RAM, while the Lumia 520 and Milky way Fame each only accept 512MB of RAM and the latter is even stuck with merely a unmarried core processor.

The Motorola Moto Due east as well has a 4.three-inch screen, which is a decent size for a bargain handset and with a resolution of 540 10 960 it has a pixel density of 256ppi, making it the sharpest display 'in its category'.

So on paper it'southward arguably stronger than the closest priced competitors in a lot of ways. However it exists in the shadow of the Motorola Moto G, which is but effectually £thirty more than expensive and far higher powered.

The EE Kestrel isn't much more either and includes 4G connectivity, a characteristic which the Moto E is very much defective.

While the Moto East isn't likely to win any design awards, information technology isn't a phone that yous're going to be embarrassed almost.

It feels solidly built and at 142g information technology's got a pleasing corporeality of weight to it, maybe even slightly too much weight equally it feels heavier than you lot might await for a handset of 124.8 ten 64.viii x 12.3mm, but I quickly got used to it.

That's ameliorate than it feeling similar a toy and nor is at that place the sense that information technology's going to intermission or scratch at the slightest provocation.

It is a fiddling on the mesomorphic side, but its small size and curved dorsum ensure it fits comfortably in the manus. The back is a piddling slippery, which makes it harder to get a good grip.

Speaking of the back, the Moto E is plastic, as you'd look given the cost, and it'south too fairly obviously and characterless, aside from the 5MP camera lens.

My review handset came with a blackness embrace, which gives the telephone a smart, swish look. Merely there are nine unlike shells available, and so if black's not your matter there are other options.

As the comprehend is removable you lot can also bandy information technology for a new one at a later appointment if you ever want a modify or if yours gets damaged, though every bit plastic covers become it feels fairly sturdy. I did notice it slightly tricky to get off, so it'south a good thing that you lot shouldn't need to do so very oftentimes.

Under the cover you lot'll find the micro SIM slot and a microSD bill of fare slot with support for cards of up to 32GB. The 1920mAh battery is too visible, simply information technology almost felt like information technology was taunting me every bit despite being able to go to information technology the power pack isn't removable.

In that location isn't much in the way of buttons or sensors to be found on the Moto Eastward. The correct border is dwelling house to the ability button and book rocker, which are both easy to hit and have a pleasing metallic look.

The top border has the headphone jack, while the bottom has a micro USB charging port. On the front end you'll find a speaker below the four.3-inch IPS screen, while the earpiece and a notification LED are to a higher place it.

Y'all might have noticed that I haven't mentioned a front-facing camera and that'southward because there isn't one. The 5MP snapper on the back is all you become.

The screen is reasonably decent because the Moto East is under £100. It has a resolution of 540 x 960, giving it a pixel density of 256 pixels per inch.

That's not super precipitous and yous will notice pixels if y'all go looking for them, but it's comfy to employ and actually comes out equally the sharpest display in its category.

The screen isn't super vivid, fifty-fifty when at its maximum setting, and the colours could stand to be more vibrant too.

It does feel churlish to level such complaints at a deal handset still; for the most office information technology's squeamish to use and the lack of brightness only actually becomes a problem in bright sunlight.

Viewing angles could be ameliorate. When viewed directly on information technology's obviously fine, merely when sat to the side of me on my desk the screen looked night and done out. Once more though, this is a £90 telephone we're talking about and considering the price tag I was pleasantly surprised.

It's besides coated in Gorilla Drinking glass 3 to aid information technology resist scratches and it has an anti-smudge coating, though all the same seemed to choice up a lot of fingerprints, far more then than my (admittedly much more expensive) HTC Ane.

The bezels to the left and right of the screen are nice and small, but the height and peculiarly the bottom bezel are rather larger.

Presumably information technology'southward space that'due south existence used internally but from the outside it looks wasted and betrays the depression cost of the Moto East.

Notwithstanding, that aside the Moto E is a decent looking device and with its solid build, scratch resistant screen, replaceable covers. It also has the added bonus of being water resistant, then overall it should prove pretty durable.

Which combined with its low price makes it a telephone that you tin safely use in places where you might not desire to use a depository financial institution-breaking handset. Whether you're camping ground or clubbing the Moto East is a good choice.

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James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything 'smart', from watches to lights, and can often exist found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James likewise contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.great britain and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.